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1 files changed, 131 insertions, 41 deletions
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ x86 targets. x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM (???) http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00803.html -I know there are problems with single stepping through signal -handlers. These problems were present in 4.18. They were just masked -because 4.18 failed to recognize signal handlers. Fixing it is not -easy, and will require changes to handle_inferior_event(), that I -prefer not to make before the 5.0 release. +This problem has been fixed, but a regression test still needs to be +added to the testsuite: +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00309.html Mark @@ -101,19 +99,30 @@ Eliminate all uses of PARAMS in GDB's source code. -- -Elimination of make_cleanup_func. (Andrew Cagney) +Fix copyright notices. -make_cleanup_func elimination -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html +Turns out that ``1998-2000'' isn't considered valid :-( + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00467.html -- -Fix copyright notices. +Find something better than DEFAULT_BFD_ARCH, DEFAULT_BFD_VEC to +determine the default isa/byte-order. -Turns out that ``1998-2000'' isn't considered valid :-( +-- -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00467.html +Rely on BFD_BIG_ENDIAN and BFD_LITTLE_ENDIAN instead of host dependant +BIG_ENDIAN and LITTLE_ENDIAN. + +-- + +printcmd.c (print_address_numeric): + +NOTE: This assumes that the significant address information is kept in +the least significant bits of ADDR - the upper bits were either zero +or sign extended. Should ADDRESS_TO_POINTER() or some +ADDRESS_TO_PRINTABLE() be used to do the conversion? -- @@ -143,6 +152,9 @@ file at a time. Elimination of ``(catch_errors_ftype *) func''. Like make_cleanup_func it isn't portable. +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00791.html +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00814.html + -- @@ -234,14 +246,6 @@ suffer bit rot. -- -Updated readline - -Readline 4.? is out. A merge wouldn't hurt. Patches are in: - -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00436.html - --- - Deprecate "fg". Apparently ``fg'' is actually continue. http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00417.html @@ -274,18 +278,6 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-05/msg00466.html -- -Always build ser-tcp.c. - -The patch as submitted was just going to add ser-tcp.c to the Alpha's -makefile. A better patch is to instead add ser-tcp.c to SER_HARDWARE -and make it a standard part of all debuggers. - -If problems occure then configure.in can sort them out. - -http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-04/msg00544.html - --- - Follow through `make check' with --enable-shared. When the srcware tree is configured with --enable-shared, the `expect' @@ -297,6 +289,53 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00845.html -- +The ``maintenance deprecate set endian big'' command doesn't notice +that it is deprecating ``set endian'' and not ``set endian big'' (big +is implemented using an enum). Is anyone going to notice this? + +-- + +When tab expanding something like ``set arch<tab>'' ignore the +deprecated ``set archdebug'' and expand to ``set architecture''. + +-- + +Eliminate ``arm_register_names[j] = (char *) regnames[j]'' and the +like from arm-tdep.c. + +-- + +Fix uses of ->function.cfunc = set_function(). + +The command.c code calls sfunc() when a set command. Rather than +change it suggest fixing the callback function so that it is more +useful. See: + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-06/msg00062.html + +See also ``Fix implementation of ``target xxx''.'' below. + +-- + +IRIX 3.x support is probably broken. + +-- + +Delete sim/SIM_HAVE_BREAKPOINTS and gdb/SIM_HAS_BREAKPOINTS. +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-07/msg00042.html + +Apart from the d30v, are there any sim/common simulators that make use +of this? + +A brief summary of what happended is that sim/common/sim-break.c was +created as a good idea. It turned out a better idea was to use +SIM_SIGBREAK and have GDB pass back sim_resume (..., SIGBREAK). + +-- + +parse.c:build_parse() has a buffer overrun. + +-- New Features and Fixes ====================== @@ -334,6 +373,9 @@ Convert GDB build process to AUTOMAKE. See also sub-directory configure below. +The current convention is (kind of) to use $(<header>_h) in all +dependency lists. It isn't done in a consistent way. + -- Cleanup configury support for optional sub-directories. @@ -425,6 +467,16 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00034.html -- +Change the (char *list[]) to (const char (*)[]) so that dynamic lists can +be passed. + +-- + +When tab expanding something like ``set arch<tab>'' ignore the +deprecated ``set archdebug'' and expand to ``set architecture''. + +-- + Replace the code that uses the host FPU with an emulator of the target FPU. @@ -518,7 +570,8 @@ http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb/2000-q1/msg00496.html Java (Anthony Green, David Taylor) Anthony Green has a number of Java patches that did not make it into -the 5.0 release. +the 5.0 release. The first two are in cvs now, but the third needs +some fixing up before it can go in. Patch: java tests http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00512.html @@ -657,6 +710,12 @@ who maintains the MIPS. -- +GDB truncates 64 bit enums. + +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-06/msg00290.html + +-- + Testsuite Support ================= @@ -884,14 +943,6 @@ symtab file. -- -Fix ``set architecture <tab>'' - -This command should expand to a list of all supported architectures. -At present ``info architecture'' needs to be used. That is simply -wrong. It involves the use of add_set_enum_cmd(). - --- - Fix target_signal_from_host() etc. The name is wrong for starters. ``target_signal'' should probably be @@ -934,6 +985,12 @@ name. -- +Make MIPS pure multi-arch. + +It is only at the multi-arch enabled stage. + +-- + Truly multi-arch. Enable the code to recognize --enable-targets=.... like BINUTILS does. @@ -1088,6 +1145,36 @@ output / error-messages when things go wrong. -- +do_setshow_command contains a 1024 byte buffer. + +The function assumes that there will never be any more than 1024 bytes +of enum. It should use mem_file. + +-- + +Should struct cmd_list_element . completer take the command as an +argument? + +-- + +Should the bulk of top.c:line_completion_function() be moved to +command.[hc]? complete_on_cmdlist() and complete_on_enums() could +then be made private. + +-- + +top.c (execute_command): Should a command being valid when the target +is running be made an attribute (predicate) to the command rather than +an explicit set of tests. + +-- + +top.c (execute_command): Should the bulk of this function be moved +into command.[hc] so that top.c doesn't grub around in the command +internals? + +-- + Architectural Change: Async =========================== @@ -1132,6 +1219,9 @@ command) useful information such as the actual command and a context for that command. Other changes such as making ``struct command'' opaque may also help. +See also: +http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-06/msg00062.html + -- Make "target xxx" command interruptible. |